Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-04-09

Clerk shall make, said subscription in
/ the name of said township for said one
/ hundred and fifty shares of the capital
stock OF said Railway Company.
And when the railroad of said Rail-
/ way Company shall be built and com
pleted, aud shall be in operation, under
/ lease or otherwise, from the east line Of
/ said township 10 the west line of said
township, then said Board of County
/ Commissioners shall cause such bonds,
with coupons attached as aforesaid. to
/ be issued in the name OF said township
of Prairie View and shall deliver the
same to said Railway Company on de-
! livery or tender to the County Treasur-
/ err of said unity of a certificate for said
shares of the full paid capital stock of
said Railway Company, equal in amount
with said bonds, dollar for dollar.
/ Provided, said railroad shall be built
and completed and in operation. (by
/ lease or OtheTwise) as azores aid, on or
/ before the first day of February, a. d.
/ 1888; a I'D provided further, that said
1 company shall build and maintain de-
/ pot with side tracks adjacent thereto in
said township.
| The form of the ballots to be used at
! said election shall be: For the sub
/ scriptiun of stock and issue of bonds to
! The Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska
/ Railway Company" and, Against the
/ subscription of stock and issue of bonds
to The Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska
Railway Company"
/ And, whereas, upon the presentation
and consideration of said petition, and
/ the hearing Of the proof il respect to
the matters and things therein contain
/ ed, said Board found that said petition
/ was signed by more than twO-hIths of
/ the resident tax payers OF said township
and that said petition was in all respects
1 in due form of Law, and that the cOudi-
tiOns therein contained were sufficient
/ to protect the interests of said township
and thereupOu, duly made an order
granting the prayer of SAID petition, and
/ ordering that a special eiecuOn be held
at the usual and established places of
/ voting in each voting precinct in said
/ township on Wednesday, the 2Oth
day of April, A D., 1887, to de-
/ termine whether the said township
shall subscribe 0 one hundred and fifty
/ shares OF the capital stock OF said Com
pany, and issue fifteen bonds of the de-
/ nomination of one thousand dJllars
! each, OF said township to said company
| in payment therefor, on the terms and
! conditions set out in said petition; and
it was further ordered by said Board
that in the event that a majority of the
voters voting at sand election cast their
/ ballots IN favor of said proposition and
/ vote to subscribe said one hundred and
! fifty shares OF said capital stock, and to
issue said fifteen bonds in payment
therefor, then the County Clerk OF said
county shall forthwith, Tor and on be-
half OF, and in the name of, said town
/ ship subscribe, 10 one hundred ana nifty
shares of the capital stock Of said Com
pany; and it was by said Board further
/ ordered that if said Railway Company
. shall fully comply wi the conditions Of
/ said subscription then the chairman of
said Board and the County Clerk of
4 said county shall daily issue to said
/ Company said bonds of said township
IN the sum, and to the tenor and effect,
| Ia said petition stated.
And it was by said Board further or
dered that the ballots to be used at such
election should be in The form designat-
ed IN said petition; and that the sheriff
of said county duly make and issue his
proclamation for the holding of such
/ special election in said township at said
date and places designated, and that
said sheriff give due and legal nOIce Of
said election for thirty days as provided
by law, and in said proclamation give
the substance OF said order; said nOuce
to be published in the Phillipsburg
HERALD. weekly newspaper printed
and published in the city of Phillips
burg in the county of Phillips and in
/ general circulation in said Prairie View
township and Phillips county.
and it was by said board further or
dered that said election be held and re-
turns made, and the result ascertained
and declared in all respects, as provid-
ed by law.
Now, therefore, I, &. N. Mcclure,
sheriff of the county OF Phillips, state of
Kansas, by virtue of the authority in
me by law vested and in pursuance Of
the above recited order of said Board of
County Commissioners, do hereby make
public proclamation, and give notice,
that Il special election Will be held in
SAID township at the usual and eslab-
iished places of voting IN each voting
precinct In said township on Wednesday
the 20th day of April A. ID, S67 to de-
termiB6 whether said township shall
make such subscription of stock, and
shall issue in payment therefor the
bonds of said township on the terms
and conditions set out in said peutions
and such election shall. in all respects
be conducted and returns made, and
result ascertained and declal ed, in the
manner provided by law for general
elections.
In Witness Whereof, I, c. N. Me
Cure. sheriff Of Phillips county, state
of Kansas, have hereuntO set my hand
at the city OF PhiiiipsbUrg this 18th day Of
March, A. D. 1887.
c. 81. McGUIRB,